George Chahine

Working in the Healthcare industry since 28 years with distinctive multitasking achievements and covering all kind of challenging services in multi-cultural environment:
Sales, Marketing, Business development, feasibility/depreciation studies, Consulting, Bidding, study of technical specifications/compliances, Governments’ regulations, procurement, planning, site surveys, MEP requirements, logistics, financial management, contractual conditions, commissioning, risk assessment.
Installations, corrective and preventive maintenances, applications, quality control, product management, safety, transfer of know-how technology, coach the coach
This, on National and International level, for all kind of medical equipment: Radiology, Laboratory, ICUs, ORs, CSSD, Emergency, Endoscopy, Dialysis, ophthalmology, Dental, IVF, Physiotherapy…

Intermedic / LEBANON

• Project Manager/procurement EMEA region since 2011
From inception to execution of turn-key projects:

 Identifying Local/Regional Healthcare projects in the EMEA region.
 Seeking donors, key persons to cooperate in healthcare projects
 Follow out on Governments regulations through involved ministries.
 Collaborating, consultation to Municipalities on healthcare projects
 Managing dedicated professional team to accomplish the following tasks:
o Evaluating Tenders requirements, negotiating: Contractual, Financial…
o Preparing bidding, BOQs, discussing with customers technical specifications to adapt new and most suitable technologies (customer education)
o Contacting International Companies for procurements: quotations, technical offers, compliances (technical specifications), sales conditions, warranties, applications duties…
o Negotiating pricing, financial terms: payments, discounts, LCs, taxes, customs, payment, performance bonds..
o Preparing logistics: delivery terms, SGS inspections, shipping, tax exemptions
o Preparation and Supervision on planning, MEP requirements, monitoring constructions
o Continuous collaboration & cooperation with different stakeholders: Owners, governments, contractors, planners, consultants, doctors… through regular meetings, teleconferences…
o Resources management, supervision on deliveries, installations optimization of costs.
o Follow up on safety. ISO requirements, KPIs
o Follow up on payments, warranties, performances bonds…
o Guarantee the transfer of information technology from suppliers to the end users through dedicated application tasks, and end-users’ education.
o Attending regularly Arab health seeking new suppliers and product and follow up on new technologies…

 Personal attention to optimize the welfare side in every realized project.

· Laboratory service, marketing and product manager since 1996 for:
Laboratory medical equipment: Chemistry, Immunology and Homeostasis analyzers, conventional and Laser microscopes, centrifuges, incubators, Blood gas analyzers, Safety cabinets, water treatment systems …

· Senior service engineer 1990-1996 for:
Conventional Medical equipment: Patient monitoring & Diagnostic records, Anesthesia machines, Incubators, Respirators, Endoscopies, O.R tables and lighting, Heart surgery equipment…

From abroad trainings (U.S.A, France, Germany, Belgium and U.K) to the ultimate local Customer satisfaction through:
Hospital project planning and surveys, Local and abroad Installations, Applications, Preventive maintenance, Corrective maintenance, 24/24 customer assistance, Hot Line…
All this for High-Tech medical & industrial equipment, where the latest technologies in optics, mechanics, fluidics, electronics, PC hardware and software…can be found.

· Laboratory service marketing and product manager since 1996 for:
Laboratory medical equipment: Chemistry, Immunology and Homeostasis analyzers, conventional and Laser microscopes, centrifuges, incubators, Blood gas analyzers, Safety cabinets, water treatment systems …

· Senior service engineer 1990-1996 for:
Conventional Medical equipment: Patient monitoring & Diagnostic records, Anesthesia machines, Incubators, Respirators, Endoscopies, O.R tables and lighting, Heart surgery equipment…

From abroad trainings (U.S.A, France, Germany, Belgium and U.K) to the ultimate local Customer satisfaction through:
Hospital project planning and surveys, Local and abroad Installations, Applications, Preventive maintenance, Corrective maintenance, 24/24 customer assistance, Hot Line…
All this for High-Tech medical & industrial equipment, where the latest technologies in optics, mechanics, fluidics, electronics, PC hardware and software…can be found.